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24,211 works

Pencil drawing of a leaning tree with twisted trunk and feathery foliage above a grassy bank and shrubs.

Tree on Bluff Beside Water

Joshua Wilson Faulkner, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a calm bay with hills, a rocky outcrop, and a sailing boat reflected in the water.

Dunbarton from the West

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, n.d.

Woodblock print of pine-lined grassy slope with travelers, river and distant hills under a blue-to-pink sky.

Kanaya: Kanaya Slope and Oi River (Kanaya, Kanaya saka, Oigawa) - No. 25, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Wood engraving of a man pushing a rolling barrel past a multi-windowed house with trees beyond.

A Rolling Stone is Ever Bare of Moss, from The Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake, 1821

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice beside a pine tree, torii gate and travelers on a path, with hills in the distance.

Kakegawa: The Crossroad at Akibayama (Kakegawa, Akibayama betsudo) - No. 27, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of t…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Hand-colored print of three harlequin ducks, two males and a female, on rocky shoreline with distant cliffs and a sea.

Harlequin Duck

Robert Havell, 1826/39

Watercolor of a rainbow over a river with a ferry boat, figures, cows, geese and swans on a meadow.

An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow

William Turner, 1842

Handwritten letter with a watercolor horse head sketch, small animal drawings and red postal stamps on laid paper.

Untitled (Cruikshank letter with sketches of horse head)

George Cruikshank, 1812/78

Etching of a shepherd with a long staff walking across a grassy field beside trees under a dusk sky with birds.

Sheepherder

Willem Witsen, c. 1885

Engraving of a bearded river god seated among allegorical figures, with a winged messenger overhead and a ship on distant wat

The Thames, or The Triumph of Navigation

James Barry, 1791, published 1792

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a green kimono reading a scroll beside a painted landscape screen.

Poem by Fujiwara no Teika, from the series "Yoshiwara Courtesans in the Three Evenings (Yoshiwara keisei sanseki)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1750

Japanese woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in an elaborate kimono with maple leaves overhead.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono holding a sword over his shoulder beside a red railing.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Aso no Matsuwaka (?) in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura T…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1775

Woodblock print of red maple leaves on a dark branch within an arched frame, with a fallen leaf at bottom and a red seal.

Maple Leaves in Shimosa Province (Shimosa, momiji), section of sheet no. 7 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Pr…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Etching of a seated woman under a tree beside a pond with geese swimming, a wooden fence and open fields behind.

The Geese

Camille Pissarro, 1888

Woodblock print of three figures in an interior, one child raising a mallet over a mortar, with calligraphy at upper left.

Settsu, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black samurai costume framed by plum blossoms, with calligraphy and a text pane

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Sasaki Takatsuna

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Etching of Dresden's Italian Gate and ramparts with a moat, bridge, figures on a road, and church spires behind.

Exterior View of the Italian Gate of the Ramparts of the Town of Dresden

Bernardo Bellotto, 1750

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman in a turban holding a lily and crown of thorns beside an urn.

Samian Sibyl

Claude Vignon, c. 1630

Red chalk drawing of a horse's hind legs and haunch with white highlights on tan paper.

The Hind Legs of a Horse

Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Ukiyo-e print of two kabuki actors, one in a red lattice kimono standing and one in blue kneeling with a sword.

The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot in a red checkered kimono against a gray background.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a white crane with red beak beside reeds and water, with a pink sun in the upper right sky.

Crane and sun

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Yellow canary perched on a branch beside hanging blue wisteria blossoms, in a vertical Japanese woodblock print.

Canary and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a diving kingfisher above blue and pink hydrangea blossoms with green leaves, calligraphy and red seals.

Kingfisher and hydrangea

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen with flowering branches and a flower basket.

Peddler of Flowers of the Four Seasons - A Set of Three (Shiki no hanauri sanpukutsui)

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1730s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a pole with a monkey on top, with calligraphy.

Monkey trainer

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono smoking a pipe beside an ornate bell and a pine tree.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Teraoka Heiemon in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

Woodblock print of two women in a room: one reads a scroll while the other tends a paper lantern, with maple leaves outside.

The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda with paper lanterns, a signboard and a tree branch.

The Eiraku-an teahouse in Kyoto

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69